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A Censer
Martin Schongauer (German, about 1430–1491)
late 15th century
Medium/Technique
Engraving
Dimensions
Sheet: 30.9 x 21.5 cm (12 3/16 x 8 7/16 in.)
Credit Line
Frederick Brown Fund
Accession Number32.531
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Bartsch 107; Lehrs 106 (I/I); Hollstein (German, vol. XLIX) 106 (I/I)
Signed
Signed in plate, lower center: M + S [monogram]
Marks
Watermark: woman's head facing left; verso, Berlin Kupferstichkabinett stamp in black ink [Lugt 1609, but without the lettering in the margin]; rectangular Berlin Kupferstichkabinett duplicate stamp in brown ink [Lugt 234] with notation in ink: A.86; in graphite: C.686.pfua.es.
ProvenanceHippolyte Destailleur (b. 1822 - d. 1893; Lugt 740), Paris; 1879, possibly his sale through Thibaudeau, London, to the Berlin Kupferstichkabinett; 1886, sold as a duplicate. Count Gregor Sergeievitch Stroganoff (b. 1829 - d. 1910), Rome; May 25-29, 1914, his sale, Amsler & Ruthardt, Berlin, cat. XCVIII, lot 2396. 1921, sale, Gutekunst & Klipstein, Bern, lot 5. January 1, 1932, purchased by the MFA. (Accession Date: January 1, 1932)